Pipe hanger



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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. TOMKINSON, OF IPLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO 3'. EDWARD OGDEN, OF MOUNTAINVILLE, NEW YORK.

PIPE H NGER.

v Application filed October 20, 1922. Serial No. 595,728.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. TOMKIN- SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Plainlield, county of Union, and

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supports and particularly to supports of thetype known as pipe hangers used for head pipe lines.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a, pipe hanger so constructed and arranged as to be adjustable toward or from the ceiling, wallor other fixed support to which it is attached after the hanger has been assembled and mounted in position;

Another object of the invention is to. provide a hanger so constructed that the parts will be securely held in position after they have been adjusted.

Another object of theinvention is to-provide a hanger that .can be economically. manufactured and easily'installed. 1 Further objects of the invention' will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings which'form a part of this application and in which,

Fig. 1 is an end elevational view of the hanger constructed in. accordance with the invention. v

Fig. 2 'is a side elevational view of the structure shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the hanger showing the means for connecting theloop or carrier to the rod or bolt upon which it is mountedi The hanger briefly described comprises a looped carrier 10, a sleeve 11 adapted to suport the carrier: and the sleeve in turn is suspending ,overrier ends.

in their upper ends openings 14 and 15 adapted to register when the'straps are assembled as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.. If desired, however, a single'strap may be used.

The sleeve 11 is threaded internally as.

shown at 16 and externally as shown at 17 and is provided at its lower end with a head 18 for limiting relative movement between the sleeve and carrier in one direction. As clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 the sleeve is loosely mounted in the openings 14 and 15 and a lock nut 19 is mounted on the external threaded portion of the sleeve for fixedly securing the sleeve to the carrier ends. The upper end portion of the sleeve is illustrated as having a plurality of flat sides 20 or as hexagonal and this portion may be engaged by a wrench or other tool to prevent rotation of the sleeve when the lock nut 19 is being adjusted or to rotate the sleeve when the sleeve is being adjusted on the rod 12. V

sembled a pnnd'a pipe or other object to be.

supported? and the sleeve 11 is passed through the openings l land- 15 in the car- Beforetightening the lock nut 19 the sleeve is rotated to adjust the carrier to the proper position on the bolt 12 and thereafter the lock nut 19 is tightened thereby firmly securing the parts together.

' Although one specific embodiment of the extending through the openings in the carrier ends-and having internal and external threads, a hanger bolt threaded into the sleeve and a lock nut threaded on the outside of the sleeve and engageable with the .upper carrier end.

. In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of October, 1922.

CHARLES C. TOMKINSON.

invention has been particularly described :and illustrated it will be understood that the invention is capable of modification and 

